Chapter 212
Chad and his sister had been out for two hours before he drove back home.
As soon as they arrived home, they heard their mother Coleen frantically wanting to go find their
daughter, "No way, the Cedillo family can''t take my daughter away. Honey, you quit your job, let''s get
out of here."
Mr. Kendrickforted his emotional wife, holding her and saying, "Honey, Jade wasn''t kidnapped, it
was us who took her away."
Tears streamed down Coleen''s face as she looked at the contract she had signed for a gratuitous
transfer on the table. Jade slowly walked into the living room and began to cry again, "Mom, Dad, you
guys know everything, right?"
"Jade, you''re back." Mr. Kendrick looked at his daughter, her eyes swollen from crying and her nose
red.
Chad told his parents, "I''ve already told Jade."
Coleen pushed her husband away and walked up to her daughter, saying, "Jade, you''re my daughter,
you can''t go to the Cedillo family. Shall we move? Mom doesn''t need thepany, and your dad
doesn''t need the job. Can we just leave this ce as a family?"
Jade started crying again, "Mom." She hugged her mother, who had lost her mind, and cried loudly.
That night, no one in the Byrne family slept.
The Cedillo family was not at peace either.
......
Mia and Andre told Hansen and Bruce about their discovery of Molly and the confirmation of her
identity.
Hearing this, Hansen was furious. "That bastard dared to lie to me!" Hansen clenched his fists, gritting
his teeth. His eyes were almost popping out, as if he wanted to tear the person who had deceived him
to pieces.
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His daughter was not dead after all!
"Why didn''t you tell me earlier?" Hansen looked at Mia and Andre, asking.
Andre said, "There are still many things we have not investigated clearly."
"What about now?" Hansen asked.
Andre looked at his father and asked coldly, "Why did you close Molly''s case less than a month after
she disappeared?"
When the Byrne family first found Molly, they reported it to the police, but there was no police
information rted to Molly. Andre didn''t believe it at first, but then he had people look into what had
happened fifteen years ago. Sure enough, he discovered that his father had closed the case less than
a month after Molly disappeared.
He even suspected that someone was ying tricks behind the scenes, but when he dug deeper, he
found that it was indeed his father who had closed the case.
Why? Did he not want his daughter anymore? Andre needed an exnation from his father. He said,
"Dad, do you know that if the Byrne family had taken Molly to the police, and if someone was looking
for her at the time, we wouldn''t have missed out on fifteen years. Why did you look for people through
your connections while also closing the case at the police station?"
Hansen''s eyes were dull. So, it was his premature case closure that cost him the chance to find his
daughter.
Regret was evident in Hansen''s eyes. "Andre, I closed the case back then because I thought ''Molly''
had been found."
Hansen recalled the child who had died so miserably, who he believed was his daughter. The child''s
height, body shape, and even the shoes she wore were all like his daughter. The coroner''s final test
results indicated that it was Molly.
Hansen decided to close the case because he felt there was no need to bother the police anymore. But
at that time, the Byrne family went to the police. Turned out, the Byrne family was also preparing for
Jade''s funeral during that period.
After the case was closed, he wanted to tell his son that there was no need to search anymore, Molly
couldn''t be found. But his two sons were still on the hunt as if their lives depended on it.
Out of helplessness, Hansen thought that even if it was a pretense, he needed to show an attitude of
looking for his daughter, just to give his two children some mental support. So he also sent people to
search aimlessly. His wife died during that period.
Hansen shared the events of that year with Andre. But Mia was very confused after listening. She
asked a question, "The guys kidnapped my husband and Molly, but why did they kill Molly but let my
husband go? If I were them, since I kidnapped these two, I’d either let them go at the same time or kill
them. Why would they let one person go and kill another?"
Hansen was also puzzled.
Mia asked again, "And the coroner is very suspicious. A coroner''s work is very rigorous, how could it be
wrong?"
Hansen told his eldest son, "Go investigate the coroner who was in charge of your sister''s case
tomorrow."
What Mia could think of, her husband could too.
She spoke up, "Dad, there''s one more thing, how could the girl who died in her ce manage to have
the same height, weight, and clothing as Molly, knowing that she is still alive?"
After posing this question, Mia was startled by her own thoughts. Was it done by someone close to
them?
Hansen said, "Andre, go with me to the Marshal family tomorrow, it''s time to settle some old scores!"
The Marshal family? Mia looked at Andre, and before she could ask if it was Jillian''s family, Andre
nodded to his wife, confirming her guess.
"I''m going with you." She suggested. She had to go if they were going to meet a woman who had
feelings for her husband.
As soon as she finished speaking, Mia''s phone rang. She answered it, "Hello, who is this?"
"Mia, has Jadee to find you?" It was Chad''s voice.
Mia asked, "Chad, what happened to her?"
Chad said anxiously, "Jade is missing."
He had coaxed his mother into the room, gave her a bottle of calming medicine, and sent her to sleep.
But after a while, she was nowhere to be found in the house. Her phone was also turned off.
Mia immediately stood up from the couch, "How long has Jade been missing?"
The three men of the Cedillo family all looked at Mia. Andre also stood up, "Mia?"
Mia motioned for her husband to zip it. She continued listening to Chad.
"Alright, got it. My family and I will also split up to look for Jade. Chad, don''t worry, Jade''s a smart
cookie. She wouldn''t endanger herself. She just found out about her roots and is at a loss on how to
process it. She needs a quiet ce to figure things out." Miaforted him.
Mia kept her inner jitters in check, forcing herself to calmly soothe the anxious Byrne family. At this
moment, they couldn''t lose their cool. Once they freaked out, they would be all over the ce, getting
more anxious.
"We''ll keep in touch." She assured Chad.
After hanging up, Mia faced the three tense people in the room, "Jade''s gone missing. But, don''t get
your knickers in a twist. Jade wouldn''t run away or do anything risky. She just needs some time to cool
down. On the way home today, Chad spilled the beans about Jade''s background. Plus, Jade
remembered everything after her fall into the water. She came here today to confirm her memories."
Hansen thought of how his daughter had looked at him just now on the sofa, her eyes brimming with
unshed tears. She looked like she wanted to bawl her eyes out, but was holding back, iming she felt
sick.
"Bruce, find some people to help look for Jade right away. Andre, rally the troops from the Cedillo family
to search for Jade." After giving orders, Hansen turned to Mia, "Mia, we''ll give Jade some alone time.
But we''re worried. It''ste and it''s dangerous for her to be out alone."
Mia got the message and started the search with the family, "I''ll go with Leo. You stay put."
"No way!" Hansen cut in, determination in his eyes, "This time, I''ll find my daughter,e hell or high
water."